Dive Against Debris Data Submission
Bjarnagjá
8 October, 2014
- Team Leader
- Höskuldur Elefsen
- Number of Participants
- 4
- Total Debris Collected
- 1000 kgs (estimated)
63.827673, -22.474526
Survey Information
- Location Name
- Bjarnagjá
- Organization/Dive Centre
- DIVE.IS - PADI dive center and Town of Grindavík
- City
- Grindavík
- Country
- Iceland
- Date
- 8 October, 2014
- Survey Duration
- 60 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 63.827673
Longitude: -22.474526
- Weather Conditions
-
Good.
- Survey Depth Range
- 2–20 meters
- Area Surveyed
- 200 m2
- Dominant Substrate
- silt
- Ecosystem
- Big fissure, with mix of salt and fresh water. Some crabs, cod and haddock.
- Wave Conditions
- Calm (glassy to rippled) for waves 0 – 0.1 meter high
Survey Photos
Debris Items Collected
| plastic materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bags: Trash (plastic) | 5 |
| Pipes (plastic-PVC) | 5 |
| Rope (plastic/nylon) | 2 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Cars & Car Parts | 1 |
| Pipes & Rebar | 5 |
| SCUBA Weights | 1 |
| Metal Fragments | 30 |
| wood materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Furnishings (wood) | 10 |
| Lumber (processed Or Cut/milled Wood) | 10 |
| mixed materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bricks, Cinderblocks & Chunks Of Cement | 1 |
| Computer Equipment & Other Electronic Devices | 1 |
| Toys | 1 |
| other materials collected | |
|---|---|
| reindeer horn | 1 |
Additional Information
laundry machine, beverage cooler, children stroller, reindeer horn.
car body
Comments and Feedback
Would like to thank my colleges at DIVE.IS and Sigmar from the town of Grindavík for making this happen!
The dive site Bjarangjá can be dived on special requests! More information on www.dive.is and [email protected].
